On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:42:46 -0700, newbieneedshelp wrote: > hello all, i'm running ubuntu 10.04 on my inspiron 1520 and i have gcc > 4.4.3, the latest verison is 4.6.1. i tried to update using synaptic > manager but it says 4.4.3 is the latest version it can go. this means > the repository must be old. is there any way to update the gcc > repository on my comp? i went to the GCC site and to install gcc is a > very long process, do i need to go through that process when all i need > is just an update? You can upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10. -- chs